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Sepals lanceolate acuminate narrow hairy '12 in. CoroUa 

 tube short and broad, little longer than the sepals ; upper 

 lobe broad blunt short, lower broader, rounded shortly 

 lobed, reticulate veined within hairy ; lower lip green, 

 spotted crimson. Stamens 2, anther-cells unequal narrow 

 elliptic, the lower one with rather a long white conic process. 

 Ovary narrowed cylindric, elMpsoid with style glabrous. 

 Capsule • 6 in. long, base narrow, seed bearing portion dilate 

 indented between the seeds, tip acute, all hairy Seeds 

 orbicular pustulate. 



228. Leda roseo-punctata, sp. nov. 



Straggling glabrous herb about 2 ft. tall. Leaves ovate 

 to eUiptic lanceolate sub-coriaceous ; nerves 5 pairs, base 

 and tips narrowed, shortly acuminate, 4 in. long, 1-5 in. 

 wide ; petiole • 25 in. long. Panicle lax and spreading of 

 3 or more slender glandular pubescent branches about 4 in. 

 long, peduncle above the uppermost pair of leaves 5 in. 

 long, uppermost pair of leaves orbicular acute, -5 in. long. 

 Flowers in pairs, sub-sessile. Bracts small, ovate lanceo- 

 late. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate, •! in. long. Corolla '3 

 in. long, glabrous tube sub-cylindric, limb slightly dilate, 

 lower tip little longer, broader than upper, strongly reticu- 

 late veined 3 lobed, midlobe broadest, white spotted crimson. 

 Stamens 2, purple, cells of anther at unequal heights not 

 tailed 



Tasan : White spotted crimson ; 6910. Allied to L. 

 virgata {Dianthera virgata, Benth.) but differing in foliage 

 as well as glandular pubescence from any other of the 

 Indian species. The Indian species of Dianthera have been 

 separated from the American ones under the name of Leda. 



ANTHELIACANTHUS, gen. nov. 



Shrubby herb. Leaves broad, lanceolate opposite. 

 Spikes terminal, elongate. Flowers very small in distant 

 pairs of fasicles sessile. Bracts linear acuminate. Calyx 

 of 5 lanceolate-acuminate sepals connate at base. Corolla- 

 tube hardly longer, base dilate above cylindric lobes sub- 

 equal, very short, round. Stamens 2, anther-cells one 

 slightly above the other not tailed. Ovary cylindric con- 

 taining 2 ovules. Style simple, clubbed at tip. Capsule 

 with a narrow base then dilate and indented between the 

 2 seeds, tip acute. 



229. Antheliacanthus micranthus, sp. nov. 



Stem as thick as a crow quill, sub-glabrous. Leaves 

 herbaceous ovate lanceolate acuminate, base long narrowed, 

 nerves 10 pairs, slender, ascending, elevate beneath all 

 glabrous, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide, petiole 1 in. long. Spikes 

 2, pubescent, 7 in. long. Flower fascicles -5 in. apart. 

 Bracts linear-acuminate, '12 in. long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 connate at base into a short cup, hairy, acute. CoroUa 

 hardly longer, • 1 in. long, lilac, tube cylindric, slightly dilate 

 at base then narrowed, lobes 5, round, pubescent all equal, 

 very short. Stamens 2. Anther-cells pale, slightly un- 



